Defense Minister Dayan reported to the Knesset today that 21 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 76 wounded since the end of the Six-Day War last June. Gen. Dayan said that in the same period, 45 saboteurs and infiltrators have been killed and 35 wounded. He said that 1,250 saboteurs were captured or arrested and nine of them have been released from prison so far.
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